Saturday, March 14, 2009

First off, I would be talking about this week’s ER if I had anything to offer beyond “Doug and Carol!!! Squee!!!” and Volume 605 of my Carter/Noah Wyle rant. But I don’t.

I am, however, psyched to finally be getting Gossip Girl back on Monday. It looks like this week the St. Jude’s/Constance Billard kids are all in the school play. A play that has never been mentioned before.

And, okay, this might not be the best example, coming off of a six-week hiatus. But one thing GG has done consistently this season (besides the Dan/Serena Chuck/Blair make-up/break-up dance) is have giant chunks of story take place off-screen.

I can’t decide whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand, it lends a little realism, as though these characters go on with their lives when we’re not around. But on the other, it cycles through story really quickly and I feel like we miss a lot. Which is not to say I want more time spent on characters like Ms. Carr, but it would be nice if we could stop getting whiplash, like, “Wait, where did she come from?”

There’s probably more; Those are just the ones that spring to mind. In one of the sneak peek clips of Monday night, Serena’s trying to get the attention of a guy we’ve never met. Is it too much to hope that Serena meets him in this episode, too? That he won’t be Nikki-and-Paolo’d in?

Hey Melanie! We are always looking for new folks--and as you can tell from our coverage, we are pretty meh about Chuck/Blair, so that'd be a new fun angle. Why don't you shoot me an email at carolinejanecarter@gmail.com and we can chat some more and figure out if it's a good fit!

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